paying Amount A times and average of 60 yearsthe prisoner would spend in jail plus the cost of new constructionduring an average of 60 years ( total approx. $4,560,000). Even if theprisoner spent 20 years in prison, the cost would be approximately$1,520,000. How is the death penalty a punishment that fits the crime? Well, notevery prisoner deserves the death penalty. People who kill someone inself defense should not be treated as one who kills just for the sake ofkilling. This is one instance anti-death penalty supporters will bringup. The criteria for evaluating whether or not a person is sentenced todeath varies from state to state. The states that have death penaltylaws are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut,Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, NevadaNew Hampshire, New jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Caroling, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. The choices of execution arehanging, electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad, and lethal injection(BJS 12-92). These choices also vary from state to state. There areguidelines that are followed before a prisoner is sentenced to death.Of those, one of the most important reads, Capital punishment may beimposed only when guilt is determined by clear and convincing evidenceleaving no room for an alternative explanation of the fact ( CrimePrevention and Criminal Justice Branch 5-25-84). We live in a day and age where killing and raping happens everyday, andmany get away with it. Those who are caught dont deserve for Americantaxpayers/victims to pay for them to stay in a jail cell for the rest oftheir life. If the death penalty were to be implemented more maybewould-be murderers and rapists would think twice before committing theircrimes. If we could rid our streets of those people, there could be asa...
